Operative repair of bilateral spontaneous gluteus medius and minimus tendon ruptures: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1103-1107

  Fisher, David A ^a   Almand, Jeff D ^b   Watts, Melanie R ^a  

^a Ortholndy   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI SPORTS MEDICINE AND ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 34248229612     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200705000-00026     Document Type: Article

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